7

his bread; and let us rub him out from the living, and his name shall be remembered no more.” Zechariah, “And I took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of him that was valued, whom they of the children of Israel did value; and they gave them for the potter’s field, as the Lord appointed me.”

VII. Concerning the cross, and the darkness that occurred. “You shall see your life hanging before your eyes, and

you shall not believe, if anyone relates it to you. In the morning you will say: How has it become evening? and in the evening: How has it become morning?” Amos, “And it shall come to pass in that day, says the Lord God, that the sun will go down at noon, and the light shall be darkened in the day.” Jeremiah, “The sun has gone down while it was yet day.” Isaiah, “All day long I have stretched forth my hands unto a gainsaying and disobedient people.” And again, “Lift up an ensign to the nations.” And again, “And then these things will be accomplished, says the Lord, when wood shall be bent with woods, and shall rise up, and when blood 46.216 shall drip from wood.” Zechariah, “And it shall be, in that day there shall be no light; and that day shall be known to the Lord; and it is not day, and not night; but towards evening there shall be light.” David, “And I waited for one to grieve with me, but there was none; and for comforters, but I found none; and they gave me gall for my food, and for my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.” Of which things they have nothing to show happened to David. And again, “They laid me in the lowest pit.” Zechariah, “Sword, awake against the shepherd, and against the man of my people; strike my shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.” And again, “And in that day, what is on the bridle of the horse shall be holy to the Lord.” VIII. Concerning the resurrection of Christ. David, foreseeing his resurrection, said: “Awake, why do you sleep, Lord? Arise, and do not cast us off forever.” And again, “Arise, O Lord; save me, O my God.” And again, “Arise, O Lord, help us, and redeem us for your name’s sake.” And again, “Arise, O Lord, judge the earth, for you shall inherit all nations.” Isaiah, “Now will I arise, says the Lord, now will I be glorified, now will I be exalted, now you will see, now you will be saved; the strength of your spirit shall be in vain.” Hosea, “And they will seek my face in their affliction, and will rise early to me, saying, Let us go and return to the Lord our God, for he has torn, and will heal us; he will strike, and will bind us up; 46.217 he will heal us after two days; on the third day we shall rise up before him, and we shall know, let us press on to know the Lord, we shall find him ready as the morning.” David, “For you will not leave my soul in Hades, nor will you allow your Holy One to see corruption.” And again, “I have become as a man without help, free among the dead.” But who is free from death, if not God? For he became as a man without help, humbling his own flesh unto death, even death on a cross. Isaiah, “Behold, I lay in Zion a cornerstone, chosen, precious; and he who believes in him will not be put to shame.” For he has become “the head of the corner,” that is, of another building according to the Church, which is marvelous in our eyes.

IX. Concerning the ascension.

David, “God has gone up with a shout, the Lord with the sound of a trumpet.” But that concerning

our Savior it is spoken, Daniel says, “I beheld,” he says, “and behold, thrones were set, and the Ancient of days did sit.” And after some things, “And behold, with the clouds of heaven, one like the Son of man was coming; and he came even to the Ancient of days, and was brought near; to him was given the honor, and the rule, and the kingdom; and

7

τὸν ἄρτον αὐτοῦ· καὶ ἐκτρίψωμεν αὐτὸν ἀπὸ τῶν ζώντων, καὶ τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ οὐ μὴ μνησθῇ ἔτι.» Ζαχαρίας, «Καὶ ἔλαβον τὰ τριάκοντα ἀργύρια τὴν τιμὴν τοῦ τετιμημένου, ὃν ἐτιμήσαντο ἀπὸ υἱῶν Ἰσραήλ· καὶ ἔδωκαν αὐτὰ εἰς τὸν ἀγρὸν τοῦ κερα μέως, καθὰ συνέταξέ μοι Κύριος.»

Ζʹ. Περὶ τοῦ σταυροῦ, καὶ τοῦ γενομένου σκότους. «Ὄψεσθε τὴν ζωὴν ὑμῶν κρεμαμένην ἀπ έναντι τῶν ὀφθαλμῶν ὑμῶν, καὶ

οὐ μὴ πιστεύσητε, ἐάν τις ἐκδιηγεῖται ὑμῖν. Τὸ πρωῒ ἐρεῖς· Πῶς ἐγένετο ἑσπέρα; καὶ τὸ ἑσπέρας· Πῶς ἐγένετο πρωΐ;» Ἀμὼς, «Καὶ ἔσται ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ἐκείνῃ, λέγει Κύριος ὁ Θεὸς, ∆ύσεται ὁ ἥλιος μεσημβρίας, καὶ συσκοτάσει ἐν ἡμέρᾳ τὸ φῶς.» Ἱερεμίας, «Ἐπέδυσεν ὁ ἥλιος ἔτι μεσούσης τῆς ἡμέρας.» Ἡσαΐας, «Ὅλην τὴν ἡμέραν διεπέτασα τὰς χεῖράς μου πρὸς λαὸν ἀντι λέγοντα, καὶ ἀπειθοῦντα.» Καὶ πάλιν, «Ἄρατε σύσσημον εἰς τὰ ἔθνη.» Καὶ πάλιν, «Καὶ τότε ταῦτα συντελεσθήσεται, λέγει Κύριος, ὅταν ξύλον ξύλων κλιθῇ, καὶ ἀναστῇ, καὶ ὅταν ἐκ ξύλου αἷμα 46.216 στάξει.» Ζαχαρίας, «Καὶ ἔσται, ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ἐκείνῃ οὐκ ἔσται φῶς· καὶ ἡ ἡμέρα ἐκείνη γνωστὴ τῷ Κυρίῳ· καὶ οὐχ ἡμέρα, καὶ οὐ νύξ· τὸ πρὸς ἑσπέραν ἔσται φῶς.» ∆αβὶδ, «Καὶ ὑπέμεινα συλλυ πούμενον, καὶ οὐχ ὑπῆρξε, καὶ παρακαλοῦντα, καὶ οὐχ εὗρον· καὶ ἔδωκαν εἰς τὸ βρῶμά μου χολὴν, καὶ εἰς τὴν δίψαν μου ἐπότισάν με ὄξος.» Ὧν οὐδὲν ἔχουσι ἐπὶ ∆αβὶδ δεῖξαι γενόμενον. Καὶ πάλιν, «Ἔθεντό με ἐν λάκκῳ κατωτάτῳ.» Ζαχαρίας, «Ῥομφαία, ἐξεγέρθητι ἐπὶ τὸν ποιμένα, καὶ ἐπ' ἄνδρα τοῦ λαοῦ μου· πάταξον τὸν ποιμένα μου, καὶ διασκορπισθήσονται τὰ πρόβατα τῆς ποίμνης.» Καὶ πάλιν, «Καὶ ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ἐκείνῃ, ἔσται τὸ ἐπὶ τὸν χαλινὸν τοῦ ἵππου ἅγιον τῷ Κυρίῳ.» Ηʹ. Περὶ ἀναστάσεως Χριστοῦ. ∆αβὶδ τὴν ἀνάστασιν αὐτοῦ προορῶν ἔλεγεν· «Ἐξεγέρθητι, ἵνα τί ὑπνοῖς, Κύριε; ἀνάστηθι, καὶ μὴ ἀπώσῃ εἰς τέλος.» Καὶ πάλιν, «Ἀνάστα, Κύριε· σῶσόν με, ὁ Θεός μου.» Καὶ πάλιν, «Ἀνάστα, Κύριε, βοήθησον ἡμῖν, καὶ λύτρωσαι ἡμᾶς ἕνεκεν τοῦ ὀνόματός σου.» Καὶ πάλιν, «Ἀνάστα, Κύριε, κρῖνον τὴν γῆν, ὅτι σὺ κατακληρονομήσεις ἐν πᾶσι τοῖς ἔθνεσι.» Ἡσαΐας, «Νῦν ἀναστήσομαι, λέγει Κύριος, νῦν δοξασθήσομαι, νῦν ὑψωθήσομαι, νῦν ὄψεσθε, νῦν σωθήσεσθε· ματαία ἔσται ἡ ἰσχὺς τοῦ πνεύματος ὑμῶν.» Ὠσηὲ, «Καὶ ζητήσουσι τὸ πρόσωπόν μου ἐν θλίψει αὐτῶν, καὶ ὀρθριοῦσι πρὸς μὲ, λέγοντες, Πορευθῶμεν καὶ ἐπιστρέψωμεν πρὸς Κύριον τὸν Θεὸν ἡμῶν, ὅτι αὐτὸς ἥρπακε, καὶ ἰάσεται ἡμᾶς· πατάξει, καὶ μοτώσει ἡμᾶς· 46.217 ὑγιάσει ἡμᾶς μετὰ δύο ἡμέρας· ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ τῇ τρίτῃ ἀναστησόμεθα ἐνώπιον αὐτοῦ, καὶ γνωσόμεθα, διώξωμεν τοῦ γνῶναι τὸν Κύριον, ὡς ὄρθρον ἕτοιμον εὑρήσομεν αὐτόν.» ∆αβὶδ, «Ὅτι οὐκ ἐγκαταλείψεις τὴν ψυχήν μου εἰς ᾅδην, οὐδὲ δώσεις τὸν ὅσιόν σου ἰδεῖν διαφθοράν.» Καὶ πάλιν, «Ἐγε νήθην ὡσεὶ ἄνθρωπος ἀβοήθητος, ἐν νεκροῖς ἐλεύθερος.» Τίς δὲ ἐλεύθερος θανάτου, εἰ μὴ ὁ Θεός; Γέγονε γὰρ ὡσεὶ ἄνθρωπος ἀβοήθητος, ταπεινώσας τὴν ἑαυτοῦ σάρκα μέχρι θανάτου, θανάτου δὲ σταυροῦ. Ἡσαΐας, «Ἰδοὺ τίθημι ἐν Σιὼν λίθον ἀκρογωνιαῖον, ἐκλεκτὸν, ἔντιμον· καὶ ὁ πιστεύων εἰς αὐτὸν οὐ καταισχυνθήσεται.» Γέγονε γὰρ «εἰς κεφαλὴν γωνίας,» ἑτέρας δηλαδὴ οἰκοδομῆς τῆς κατὰ τὴν Ἐκκλησίαν, ἥτις ἐστὶ θαυμαστὴ ἐπὶ ὀφθαλ μοῖς ἡμῶν.

Θʹ. Περὶ τῆς ἀναλήψεως.

∆αβὶδ, «Ἀνέβη ὁ Θεὸς ἐν ἀλαλαγμῷ, Κύριος ἐν φωνῇ σάλπιγγος.» Ὅτι δὲ περὶ

τοῦ Σωτῆρος ἡμῶν λέλεκται, ∆ανιὴλ λέγει, «Ἐθεώρουν,» φησὶ, «καὶ ἰδοὺ θρόνοι ἐτέθησαν, καὶ Παλαιὸς ἡμερῶν ἐκάθητο.» Καὶ μετά τινα, «Καὶ ἰδοὺ μετὰ τῶν νεφελῶν τοῦ οὐρανοῦ, ὡς Υἱὸς ἀνθρώπου ἐρχόμενος· καὶ ἕως τοῦ Παλαιοῦ τῶν ἡμερῶν ἔφθασε, καὶ προσήχθη· αὐτῷ ἐδόθη ἡ τιμὴ, καὶ ἡ ἀρχὴ, καὶ ἡ βασιλεία· καὶ